Forums » Technology » Pit Builders » First flight...
SimHQ Homepage Forums Main Page Articles Library News Archive Forums Archive Mark All Forums Read Who's Online Community Links
Register User Active Topics Calendar Downloads FAQ Library Multiplayer News Release Dates SimHQ TV


Page 1 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 >
Topic Options
Rate This Topic
Hop to:
#3336811 - 07/07/11 09:38 AM First flight...
Gene Buckle Offline
Member

Registered: 01/13/04
Posts: 699
Loc: Graham, WA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx5eb5yTDQw


I finished something! I FINALLY FINISHED SOMETHING!

*laughs*

g.
_________________________
Proud owner of 80-0007
http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.
http://geneb.simpits.org - the Me-109F/X Project

Top
#3336820 - 07/07/11 09:55 AM Re: First flight... [Re: Gene Buckle]
The Nephilim Offline
3D GuRu
Senior Member

Registered: 01/26/02
Posts: 3544
Loc: 3rd Stone from the Sun !!
hi, i went to the link and seen a blank video nothing even played??
_________________________
Intel i5 2500k 4.50ghz / G.Skill RipJaws X 8gb / CM Hyper 212+ Heatsink & Fan / Asus P8Z68-V Gen3 Mobo / 2 Evga 480GTX SLI / RocketFish SC 7.1 / 3 - Sharp DLP XR-10XL's / 3 - 45" Screens w/Screen Goo / nVidia 3D vision / Win7 64bit OS / ThrustMaster Cougar HOTAS / Cougar MFD's / CM HAF 932 Full Tower / nVidia 3D Vision / Thrustmaster MFD's

Top
#3336837 - 07/07/11 10:26 AM Re: First flight... [Re: Gene Buckle]
Reschke Offline
Plankowner
Member

Registered: 03/04/07
Posts: 640
Loc: Vestavia, AL
Awesome looking setup there Gene. I have been keeping up with this for a long time and a few questions keep coming back. With the background noise in the video I am assuming that is the vacuum to pull the display tight; so when you wear headphones or use the volume in game do they overcome the sound of the vacuum? Also I remember once that you were trying to accomplish this without the vacuum but it appears that you were unable to do so; so would any old vacuum work and have you considered moving the vacuum to any other area away from the computer but still attached via a longer hose to reduce the noise? I know that a vacuum works better the closer to the source it is pulling against but if you move it farther away would that effect the display any?
_________________________
VF-17 "The Jolly Rogers"

i7-2600K @ 3.4GHz
8GB RAM
EVGA GeForce GTX470
EVGA X67 SLI
Samsung DVD Burner
Samsung SyncMaster P2770FH
TrackIR 5 with Track Clip Pro
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
Warthog #1397...compliments of SimHQ

Top
#3336842 - 07/07/11 10:31 AM Re: First flight... [Re: Gene Buckle]
Falstar Online content
Member

Registered: 07/20/02
Posts: 1153
Loc: Bloomington, MN 55420
Looks great!

Top
#3336844 - 07/07/11 10:37 AM Re: First flight... [Re: Gene Buckle]
Gene Buckle Offline
Member

Registered: 01/13/04
Posts: 699
Loc: Graham, WA
@The Nephilim - the video should play - it's just a regular YT video. You might try going to http://www.youtube.com/f15sim and see if that helps at all.

@Reschke - The vacuum is actually about 18' away and on the other side of a shelving partition. I still have a few things to do to completely silence it.

As long as you don't pinch the diameter of the feed line, you won't reduce the vacuum over a long distance. It just takes a bit longer to pull the mirror down because it would have to remove all the air from the feed line before it could start on the mirror plenum volume.

Thin film mirrors are really the only way to go with this - the solid form was a blind alley for me.

tnx.

g.
_________________________
Proud owner of 80-0007
http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.
http://geneb.simpits.org - the Me-109F/X Project

Top
#3336876 - 07/07/11 11:22 AM Re: First flight... [Re: Gene Buckle]
MudPuppy Offline
Member

Registered: 06/09/06
Posts: 229
Loc: Appalachian foothills in Virgi...
That is too cool! Congrats on success of the project so far.
Derek

Top
#3336904 - 07/07/11 12:09 PM Re: First flight... [Re: Gene Buckle]
HitchHikingFlatlander Offline
Senior Member

Registered: 09/21/06
Posts: 2810
Loc: California
Wow congrats Gene that is truly amazing! But will it fit around the F-15? LOL!
_________________________
www.DCS-Mercenaries.com

A casual west coast Black Shark/A-10C Squadron always looking for extra pilots and good times!

Top
#3336924 - 07/07/11 12:27 PM Re: First flight... [Re: Gene Buckle]
Gene Buckle Offline
Member

Registered: 01/13/04
Posts: 699
Loc: Graham, WA
Nope, won't fit the F-15. smile

g.
_________________________
Proud owner of 80-0007
http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.
http://geneb.simpits.org - the Me-109F/X Project

Top
#3336937 - 07/07/11 12:37 PM Re: First flight... [Re: Gene Buckle]
AndyB Offline
Member

Registered: 12/13/09
Posts: 288
Loc: Ayrshire, Scotland
Hi Gene,
Like Resckhe I've been following your progress with interest. Very nice to see all your hard work finally paying off in such a spectacular way.

I suspect, like most of us, you'll be tweaking until the day they put you in your box .......

Well done !!!

Andy
_________________________
Andy's simpit: http://www.simpit.me.uk

Top
#3337203 - 07/07/11 06:23 PM Re: First flight... [Re: AndyB]
Cold_Gambler Offline
Member

Registered: 05/25/07
Posts: 552
Been following this for a while. Congrats on getting it finished!

Looks awesome in the video but I bet that's nothing compared to being there...
_________________________
Asus P8P67 Pro Rev. 3.0
i5 2500k (OC to 4.3 GHz)
AMD 6970
8 GB DDR3
Win7 home 64 bit
450 GB VelociRaptor

"I wanted verisimilitude on par with the real deal to get the sense of immersion that only the best faked reality can bring." Mike Powell



Top
Page 1 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 >
Topic Options
Rate This Topic
Hop to:


Forum Use Agreement | Privacy Statement | SimHQ Staff
Copyright 1997-2012, SimHQ Inc. All Rights Reserved.